Bosnia-Herzegovina could be the next site of Russian-fuelled conflict

Bosnian Serbs march carrying a giant Serbian flag in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Jan. 9, 2022. The country's Serbs celebrated an outlawed holiday with a provocative parade showcasing armored vehicles, police helicopters and law enforcement officers with rifles. (AP Photo)

International politics is usually discussed in terms of historical periods associated with specific characteristics — think Cold War adversaries, wars fought for ostensibly humanitarian reasons in the 1990s or the focus on terrorism and state-building during the War on Terror.